09/04/2011
Kate Adie introduces despatches from Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, the United States, Australia and Romania.
Today our correspondent takes a drive through the country which was once one of Africa's success stories -- today the journey reveals Ivory Coast, after months of conflict, is a devastated, fearful place. There's an initiative underway in Afghanistan to improve the lot of women about to give birth. At the moment many are dying in childbirth and many children perish within the first weeks of life. Our reporter's at a clinic near Kabul hearing what they plan to do. And we hear about efforts to help the mighty, but threatened, sturgeon in the River Danube. There are some fishy tales to tell ...
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Duration: 00:22
Journey through a shattered and frightened Ivory Coast
Andrew Harding finds out how the violence in Ivory Coast has left a huge number of casualties and destroyed towns and villages.
Duration: 05:45
Volunteer army builds homes for wounded US heroes
An army of volunteers is building purpose-built houses in the US for military personnel injured by bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, Robert Hodierne reports.
Duration: 05:34
China's Australian mining ambitions
Stephen Sackur learns about China's plans for developing its own iron ore mining operation in the heart of the Australian outback.
Duration: 05:28
Afghan midwives deliver life-saving birth education
Nadene Ghouri finds educating Afghan women about childbirth and neonatal care is helping to save lives.
Duration: 05:13
Danube sturgeon on the brink of extinction?
Catching a sturgeon could once have changed a Danube fisherman's life but modern dams and over-fishing mean they are rapidly dying out, as Nick Thorpe reports.
Duration: 05:18
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- Sat 9 Apr 2011 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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